Malaysia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is provided for by various laws
- News items in the archive
- 970
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Malaysia is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 970 news items on Malaysia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF CHILD
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, taxi driver Mohd. Fazli Azri Jamil was sentenced to death by High Court Judge Datuk Mohtarudin for murdering Syafiah Humaira Sahari, 3. Sahari was stomped on and kicked on a football field.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND'S FORMER HUSBAND
in Kuching, Malaysia, Aboys Saon, 25, was sentenced to death by High Court judge Ravinthran Paramaguru for killing his girlfriend's former husband Mupug Sat, 42, on October 14, 2007.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the High Court in Alor Star, Ma
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING LOVER
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman sentenced furniture shop assistant Hoo Eu Hee, 44, to death for murdering his lover, Wong Nyik Yon, 46, after a fight in Jalan Datuk Keramat on November 29, 2007. She was stabbed eight times on her chest and
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A senior Malaysian minister reportedly urged the government to abolish the death
- AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SALESMAN TO HANG FOR FIANCEE'S MURDER
Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced salesman Raja Saiful Nizam Raja
- AUGUST 19, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA TO HANG TWO ACEHNESE
two Indonesians hailing from Banda Aceh, identified as BS and TI, were sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia for narcotic drug pushing and circulation.
- AUGUST 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LOCAL MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING BOSS
in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Patrick Chau Foon Henn, 39, was sentenced to death by High Court Judge Datuk David Wong for murdering his employer Vong Kon Shun, 64, in Kepayan, on September 25, 2006.
- AUGUST 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
Chief Justice Azmi and judges Yuen and Embong of the Malaysian Federal Court reaffirmed the conviction and death sentence of unemployed man Aziz Mat Shah, 31.
- AUGUST 16, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FIREARMS TRAFFICKING: INDON'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
Justices Ishak, Pillay and Daud of the Kota Kinabalu Court of Appeal in Malaysia deferred to a date yet be fixed the hearing of an appeal by Indonesian man Umar Cipto Sumarto.
- AUGUST 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UNEMPLOYED MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Azman Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
- AUGUST 6, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO TRADERS SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad of the Malaysian High Court sentenced vegetable...
- JULY 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SARAWAKIAN DUO GET DEATH SENTENCE
Jabing Kho and Galing Kujat, both 26 year olds from Sarawak, were sentenced to death in Malaysia by Justice Kan Ting Chiu for murdering Chinese national Cao Ruyin while robbing him on February 17, 2008.
- JULY 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in George Town, Malaysia, food outlet assistant Sharifurahim Abdullah, 30, was sentenced to death by High Court judicial commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah for trafficking in 23kg of cannabis in Bukit Mertajam on March 31, 2006.
- JULY 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-BOXER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Negri Sembilan state boxer Mohd Azli Azhari, 23, was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court judicial commissioner Ahmad Nasfy Yasin for murdering Syed Herie Azmi Syed Kassim, 25, and his pregnant wife, Aniza Ayob, 24 in Senawang on June 16, 2007.
- JULY 27, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
loan sharks Poh Weng Nam, 31, and Tan Hoe Choon, 34, were sentenced to death in George Town, Malaysia, by judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman. They allegedly murdered trader Lee Lai Beng, 40, in Butterworth on September 30, 2006, over a debt of RM150.
- JULY 26, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDERING MAN OVER $46
in Malaysia, Judge Abdul Halim Aman sentenced two men to death by hanging for murdering a businessman over a debt of 150 ringgits ($46), a news report said.
- JULY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE
Judicial Commissioner Dr Badariah Sahamid of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Gan Thean Lim...
- JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences of unemployed man Mohd Fazli Ismail, 28, and make-up artist Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 39.
- JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death
- JULY 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGHT MARKET TRADER GETS DEATH FOR MAID'S MURDER
Justice Mohd Yazid Mustafa of the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, sentenced night market trader A. Murugan, 36, to death.
- JULY 18, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia...
- JULY 7, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MANAGER GETS DEATH FOR DRUGS IN JUNK FOOD
in Kuantan, Malaysia, factory manager Chua Boon Hong, 39, of Muar, Johor, was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking 173.03g of methamphetamine at a resort in Cherating on January 11, 2009.
- JULY 1, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRUG REHAB INMATE SENT TO GALLOWS
33-year-old Kajang Drug Rehabilitation Centre inmate D. Muthut was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judge Mohd Yazid Mustafa for murdering inmate Song Chan Seng, 43, in 2006.
- JUNE 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
mosaic layer Ong Teik Thai, 35, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd Yassin in Malaysia for murdering claypot chicken rice seller Choi Yu Ki, 20, with a parang at a coffee shop at Pekan Teluk Kumbar on April 6, 2006.
- JUNE 30, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRIVER SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING MAN
in Seremban, Malaysia, lorry driver G. Balasundram...
- JUNE 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-CONTRACTOR TO HANG FOR YOUTH'S MURDER
former contractor Gan Kim Lai, 27, was sentenced to death in Malaysia by High Court judge Datuk Wira Mohtaruddin Baki for murdering Ee Han Kiat, 18, in Jalan Tokong Lama on March 17, 2006.
- JUNE 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR EXORCISM DEATH
Davender Singh, 49, was sentenced to death by judge Datuk Ghazali Cha in Malaysia for murdering toddler Nur Farah Adila Ridzuan as part of an exorcism ritual.
- JUNE 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia's High Court sentenced a Zambian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of attempting to bring almost 160 grams of drugs into the country in 2006.
- JUNE 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
fourteen prisoners who received the death sentence in Malaysia were pardoned